Leukocyte counts in urine reflect the risk of concomitant sepsis in bacteriuric infants: A retrospective cohort study

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Bonsu, Bema K ^a   Harper, Marvin B ^b  

^a NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIURIA; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CALCULATION; CHI SQUARE TEST; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FEVER; FISHER EXACT TEST; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; KRUSKAL WALLIS TEST; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING TEST; SEPSIS; URBAN AREA; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE; FOLLOW UP; NEWBORN; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; TIME; URINE;

BACTERIURIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEPSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34447333353     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-7-24     Document Type: Article

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